The Open Eye Theater960 Main StreetMargaretville, New York(845)-586-1660​openeye@catskill.net

OUR MISSION

The Mission of the Foundation for The Open Eye, Inc. is to continue producing high quality theater performances for a diverse and expanding audience in the rural Catskill Mountains, and enriching the quality of life for the population in the Central Catskills.

COMING in 2017

Seneca Falls

A new musical about the beginning of the Suffrage Movement. Read more >>

“Seneca Falls,” a new musical celebrating the centennial of Women’s Suffrage in New York State, opens this week at The Open Eye Theater. With book and lyrics by Karen Howes, and music by Elliot Sokolov, this musical play tells the stories of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Patricia Dell), Susan B. Anthony (Anne Saxon-Hersh), Lucy Stone (Rebecca Maeder Chien), Lucretia Mott (Marge Helenchild), Sojourner Truth (Irene Kellogg), Martha Wright (Anne Barone), Victoria Woodhull (Elizabeth Kemble), and their families during the turbulent years of 1848-1882. Figuring prominently in the stories are newspaperman John Tanner (Ward Stevenson), Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s husband Henry (Jerrold Reinstein), her father Judge Daniel Cady (Roy Moses), and her niece Flora (Madison Tobon), as well as Martha Wright’s son Will (Cedric Taylor), and the dashing Englishman Henry Browne Blackwell (Jonathan Andrews) who crosses the Atlantic to court Ms. Stone. Amie Brockway is director; Dick Tucker is music director.

Traveling by train, boat, stage coach, and horseback, these diverse women make their way to the first Seneca Falls Convention on July 19, 1848, where they set about changing the rules by which they have to live.

Performances of “Seneca Falls” at The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main Street, Margaretville, NY, are July 20-30, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7 pm; Sundays at 3. Adults $20; Seniors $15; Youth to Age 26 $10; Children accompanied by an adult are admitted Free. Seating is limited and advance ticket sales are brisk. Reservations and tickets are available at 845-586-1660, openeye@catskill.net, and right here at www.theopeneyetheater.org. This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

We Have two new workshops this summer!

​Karen Howes, the author and lyricist for "Seneca Falls" will hold a workshop on playwriting at The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville on Saturday, July 22, from 2:00 -4:00 p.m.

A one week Summer Youth Theater Workshop for students from 7 - 12 years old will be held from July 31 - August 4th at The Open Eye Theater.

Visit the Classes & Workshops pages in The Education Section of the website for details on both workshops.

SUMMER 2017

SENECA FALLS

An exciting new play about the women's suffrage movement takes the stage this July.

Rehearsal photographs by Catskill Images​

All photographs by Catskill Images

summer Shortcuts 2016

SUMMER SHORTCUTS VII

Our annual Summer Shortcuts program brings you short plays by local playwrights.

OPEN MIC

The stage is yours - grab a mic and sing, read, perform. Or just come and be entertained.